ECI Reports Q4 Revenues, CFO Steps Aside

ECI Telecom reported Q4 2006 revenues of $154 million, compared with $169 million recorded in the fourth quarter of 2005 and $170 million recorded in the third quarter of 2006. For the entire year 2006 revenues grew 4% compared with 2005 to reach $656 million. Net income (GAAP) for Q4 was $2.3 million, or $0.02 per share on a fully diluted basis, compared with fourth quarter 2005 net income of $7.6 million, or $0.06 per diluted share. Some highlights:Revenues for the Optical Networks Division continued to rise for the 14th consecutive quarter,...

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Occam Posts Q4 Revenue of $20 Million, Reaches 200 Customers

Occam Networks reported Q4 2006 revenue of $20.1 million, an increase of 56% over the fourth quarter of 2005 and 11% sequentially over the third quarter of 2006. Annual revenue for 2006 was $68.6 million, representing a 75% increase over annual revenue for 2005. Net income for the fourth quarter of 2006 (GAAP) was $0.9 million or $0.04 per diluted share compared with net income of $0.4 million or $0.03 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2005 and net income of $0.2 million or $0.01 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2006. The company...

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Canada's Videotron Tests Cisco's WideBand for 100 Mbps Cable Access

Videotron, which serves 1,553,000 cable television customers in Québec, will begin testing a cable wideband solution that delivers Internet speeds up to 100 Mbps, which is five times faster than its current Extreme Plus high speed Internet service.In a joint announcement with Cisco, Videotron reported that its pilot implementation has now been running for more than a month. The companies are projecting they will reach the 100 Mbps objective in the next few months."This alliance enables us to stand far ahead of the competition with regards to delivery...

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Qwest Opens Data Center in Seattle

Qwest Communications opened a new CyberCenter in the Seattle area -- bringing to 14 the number of such facilities it operates nationwide. Services include collocation, operating systems, application and database monitoring and management, storage management and business protection. http://www.qwest....

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FCC Commissioners Testify before Democratically-controlled Senate Committee

All five FCC Commissioners were called to testify before the Senate Commerce Committee, their first such appearance since the Democrats regained control of Congress. Top issues included the recent acquisition of BellSouth by AT&T, the Universal Service Fund (USF), rural broadband deployment and the Digital Divide.Questions posed by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye, a Democrat from Hawaii, challenged FCC Chairman Martin on whether he would enforce all of the conditions agreed to in the AT&T+BellSouth merger approval. Martin...

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Sea Launch Updates Platform Status Following Jan. 30 Failure

Following the unsuccessful launch of the NSS-8 spacecraft from its Odyssey Platform in the equatorial Pacific on January 30, Sea Launch issued a preliminary assessment. The Odyssey Launch Platform has sustained limited damage. The integrity and functionality of essential marine, communications and crew support systems remains intact. The vessel is operating on its own power and is currently manned by the full marine crew. The Commander ship was not damaged during the launch attempt, as it was positioned four miles from the Launch Platform at...

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Microsoft Gains Partners for its Network Access Protection

Microsoft said it now has more than 100 networking and security partners for its Network Access Protection (NAP), a policy enforcement platform built into the Windows Vista operating system and the upcoming version of Windows Server, code-named "Longhorn".NAP is designed to allow IT administrators to better protect network assets by enforcing compliance with system health requirements. Users can create customized policies to validate computer health before allowing access or communication, automatically update compliant computers to help ensure...

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Comcast Triple Play Powers Record Results

Comcast credited its Triple Play bundles for strong results in Q4 2006, as the company added more revenue generating units (RGUs) than at any other time in its history and reported growth in cable revenue and operating cash flow. Some highlights from the quarter:Comcast Cable reported revenue of $6.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2006, an increase of 14% from the prior year. For all of 2006, cable revenue increased 12% to $26.3 billion.Video revenue increased 9% reflecting growth in both basic and digital cable customers and increased demand...

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BT to Acquire INS, Expanding its Role in Global IT Consulting

BT announced plans to acquire International Network Services Inc. (INS), a leading global provider of IT consulting and software solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed.img border="0" src="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11402824/CND/v14n022-bt.jpg" align="right">INS specializes in four major areas -- Enterprise Architecture and Governance, Business Productivity, Information Risk Management, and Infrastructure Transformation. Based in Santa Clara, California, with offices in Europe, Asia and throughout North America, the company builds, implements...

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Verizon to Hire More Staff to Support Fiber Rollout

Verizon is seeking to hire 100 new consumer sales consultants to handle consumer demand for both Verizon DSL and FiOS Internet and TV service in the Tampa Bay region of Florida. The company also plans to train over 400 additional fiber technicians for the region to add to the strength of the Verizon network and customer support teams. http://www.verizon....

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Ikanos Supplies VDSL2 to Leading Korean Vendors

Korean VDSL equipment manufacturers Millinet Co., Ltd. and Ubiquoss Corp. have selected the Ikanos multi-mode VDSL2 central office (CO) and customer premises equipment (CPE) chipsets. This enables Millinet and Ubiquoss to offer products capable of symmetrical speeds of up to 100 Mbps that support infrastructure upgrades to VDSL2 now underway in Korea.Ikanos said its FxTM100100-5 VDSL2 CO and FxTM100100S-5 VDSL2 CPE chipsets offer the lowest power consumption per port in the industry. The multi-mode VDSL2 chipsets -- which are optimized for IPTV...

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Verizon Wireless Launches EV-DO Rev-A

Verizon Wireless is launching its CDMA 1x Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A) service. The upgrade is available initially in Mass., including Boston and its suburbs, the Richmond and Hampton Roads, Va. areas, Chicago and its suburbs and including Gary, Ind., Salt Lake City and other cities in Utah, as well as in Florida throughout the state's entire existing area of Verizon Wireless' wireless broadband network.Verizon Wireless said customers with the EVDO Rev. A service should expect average download speeds of 450-800 kbps and...

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AudioCodes Acquires CTI Squared Ltd.

AudioCodes will acquire CTI Squared Ltd. ("CTI2"), a provider of enhanced messaging and communications platforms deployed globally by service providers and enterprises. CTI2's platforms integrate data and voice messaging services over Internet, intranet, PSTN, cellular, cable and enterprise networks. It employs approximately 30 people and they are based in Israel. "This acquisition further strengthens our strategic initiative to become a key supplier of Converged IP Communication products and solutions to Service Providers worldwide," said Shabtai...

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JDSU Posts Strongest Results in 5 Years

JDSU reported quarterly revenue of $366.3 million and GAAP net income was $23.2 million, or $0.10 per diluted share. This compares to net revenue of $318.1 million and GAAP net loss of $(17.4) million, or $(0.08) per share, reported for the preceding quarter, and to net revenue of $312.9 million and a GAAP net loss of $(42.1) million, or $(0.20) per share, for the same period a year earlier."During the second quarter, JDSU delivered the strongest revenue, gross margin, and net income results in more than five years," said Kevin Kennedy, JDSU's...

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Cisco Expands Catalyst Switch Portfolio

Cisco has expanded its Catalyst switching portfolio with new models aimed at campus networks. The rollout includes:Cisco Catalyst 3750-E and 3560-E Series Switches: Enterprise-class line of 10/100/1000 wiring closet switches with 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks and full Power over Ethernet (PoE) configurations.Cisco Catalyst 3560 and Catalyst 2960 Compact Switches: Small form-factor switches with Gigabit Ethernet and Fast Ethernet and PoE configurations designed for meeting rooms, classrooms and other wiring and space-constrained environments. Cisco...

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New Skies Loses NSS-8 Satellite in Sea Launch Failure

Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket, carrying New Skies' NSS-8 satellite, failed during lauch from the Odyssey Platform in the equatorial Pacific, leading to the total loss of the satellite.Sea Launch said it was trying to determine the root cause of the lauch failure. NSS-8 was built by Boeing. The spacecraft was intended to operate at SES NEW SKIES orbital position of 57° East to replace the existing NSS-703 satellite. New Skies said the launch failure of NSS-8 means that NSS-703 will now stay at 57° East in order to continue to serve existing customers...

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Tropos Signs 500th Wireless Mesh Customer

Tropos Networks has reached the 500 customer milestone for its metro-scale wireless mesh network systems. The company said its Q4CY05 to Q4CY06 node shipments grew by more than 120%. In 2006, Tropos added more than 200 new customers including:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Rock Hill, South Carolina; Southaven,Mississippi; Pasadena, California; and Rome, Georgia. The latest customer is Las Vegas, New Mexico.Tropos expects the vibrant market growth to...

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Deutsche Telekom Sees Increased Competition, Continues VDSL Push

Despite increased competition in its home market, Deutsche Telekom intends to establish itself at the top of the international telecommunications market by focusing on the customer, said company executives at a press event in Berlin. This consumer push includes opening 200 new retail stores and adding 1,500 sales employees. Deutsche Telekom is increasing its focus on the broadband opportunity while de-emphasizing conventional fixed line telephony,...

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UK Ministry of Defence Deploys Juniper Routers

BT will provide routers and security solutions for the U.K.'s Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service (DFTS) project, which connects 240,000 users at over 1,500 sites across the UK and overseas. DFTS has consolidated all existing defense networks to deliver unified voice, data, LAN interconnectivity and WAN services for the Royal Navy, British Army, the Royal Air Force and MoD Centre. The new network is now live, with the first services being delivered in September 2006. Financial terms were not disclosed.The new network based on Juniper routers,...

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Amedia Ships MIPX home gateway for Motorola Trial

Amedia has begun shipments to Motorola for trials of the jointly developed MIPX home gateway. The MIPX product is an IP home gateway intended to provide expanded support for data, IPTV, HD TV, and Digital Video Recorders using Motorola's existing Multi-Service Access Platform for exclusive distribution by Motorola under the Motorola brand. In Q4 2006, Amedia successfully passed the IPTV Gateway System Verification Testing Acceptance Test -- a major engineering milestone in the Strategic Alliance Agreement between the companies. To date, Amedia...

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Zarlink and Marvell Demo Synchronous Ethernet solution

Zarlink Semiconductor and Marvell have developed a synchronous Ethernet solution for supporting real-time services over packet-based networks.The companies said network synchronization is a key issue for carriers in the drive towards network convergence. For example, economical cellular backhaul over IP networks requires synchronization to allow legacy applications such as voice and fax to function properly. As high-growth applications such as YouTube and AOL Video gain popularity, these applications need to co-exist alongside critical time-sensitive...

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PCCW Selects Harmonic for its MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)Service

PCCW, the incumbent operator in Hong Kong and currently the world's largest IPTV operator with 700,000 subscribers, is deploying Harmonic's new DiviCom Electra 5400 standard definition (SD) MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) encoders for its entire "now TV" channel lineup. This expansion enables PCCW to add services and extend its reach in Hong Kong. Harmonic's Electra 5000 MPEG-2 encoders were also recently implemented at PCCW as part of a channel expansion. The implementation at PCCW also includes Harmonic's NMX Digital Service Manager for service operations...

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Convergin Launches IPTV-Ready Service Control and Interaction SCIM Solution

Convergin introduced its Accolade WCS Service Capability Interaction Management (SCIM) product for integrating IPTV and telecom services into converged networks. As a SCIM platform, the Accolade WCS coordinates and unifies the orchestration and interaction of services from various application servers. With its new IPTV capabilities, Accolade WCS now extends the service orchestration to incorporate headend servers alongside SIP application servers and other service platforms. Thus, video services such as Video on Demand (VoD) and broadcast media...

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Global Crossing Supports Belgacom International Carrier Services

Global Crossing was awarded a contract to support the consolidation of Belgacom ICS' existing infrastructure in continental Europe and the UK through the provision of network infrastructure, creating the foundation for a 40-Gbps capable European backbone. Specifically, Global Crossing will provide 3,000 km of dark fiber and associated colocation space connecting 36 major points of presence in the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France and Germany, as well as wavelengths on routes that are geographically dispersed from Belgacom ICS' network.This...

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Global Crossing Supports Global Caribbean Network

Global Crossing announced an agreement to interconnect its network with Global Caribbean Network (GCN), a subsea cable operator headquartered in Guadeloupe, French West Indies, to enhance global IP connectivity to the Caribbean region. GCN will interconnect its voice and data traffic services arriving from the Caribbean to Global Crossing's IP network in St. Croix, via 10-Gigabit wavelengths, enabling GCN to extend its services to North America, Europe and Asia.GCN is a subsidiary of Groupe Loret, an enterprise conglomerate responsible for different...

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Skype Licenses HelloSoft's Internet-Telephony for SmartPhones

Skype has licensed HelloSoft's Internet-Telephony technology, which will be incorporated into Skype's communication software. The HelloSoft technology enables the Skype service from smartphones and Pocket PCs connected to the Internet."Our technology will support today's mobile and wireless generation as they use Skype on the go. We are excited to be working with Skype to enhance the performance of Skype for Windows Mobile," said Krishna Yarlagadda, HelloSoft's President and CEO. http://www.hellosoft....

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AT&T Introduces Pay-Per-Use Push To Talk Service

Cingular Wireless introduced a Push To Talk (PTT) service that is available on a pay-per-use basis. Customers using one of several wireless phones can now use the company's PTT service, as needed, for $.15 per minute. Unique icons on the phone indicate whether other PTT customers are available before making a PTT call. The service also supports the ability to a convert a PTT call to a regular wireless voice call. Calls with up to 30 participants can be converted, creating a mobile conference call. Customers can also send a voice message to...

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Personeta Receives Cisco Funding for FMC

Personeta, a start-up developing of converged service creation and application solutions for communications service providers, announced an equity investment from Cisco. The company said it plans to use the funding to further its development of solutions and components based on its TappS NSC product for next- generation, converged service delivery -- particularly in the areas of fixed- mobile convergence (FMC) and multimedia solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.personeta.com/Personeta's TappS NSC is an application server...

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Aperto Adds $19 Million in Funding to Accelerate WiMAX Plans

Aperto Networks, a developer of WiMAX base stations and subscriber units has completed a follow-on Series E financing round of $19 million, bringing the company's total capitalization to $139 million. Aperto, which is based in Milpitas, California, currently claims more than 200 customers in 65 countries. The financing round, the third tranche in the series, was led by GunnAllen Venture Partners and included participation from all of the existing investors including JK&B Capital, Canaan Partners, Alliance Ventures, Innovacom, JAFCO, Labrador...

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Mistletoe Partners with Kaspersky Lab

Mistletoe Technologies, a start-up offering a security system-on-a-chip (SoC) featuring VPN, firewall and denial of service prevention applications in silicon, announced a partnership with Kaspersky Lab, a developer of secure content management solutions. The collaboration is a part of Mistletoe'a on-going effort to integrate best-in-class software that will enable system manufacturers to increase unified threat management (UTM) performance and network security, while reducing system development time and expense. http://www.mistletoetech.com h...

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Juniper Posts Revenue of $595.8M, up 4% from Q4 05

Juniper Networks reported Q4 2006 revenue of $595.8 million, compared with $575.5 million for the same quarter last year, an increase of 4 percent. Net revenues for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 were $2,303.6 million, compared with $2,064.0 million for the same period last year, an increase of approximately 12 percent."2006 marked our 10th anniversary and a year of considerable progress which culminated with record revenue results in the fourth quarter," said Scott Kriens, Juniper Networks' Chairman and CEO. "Moving into 2007, we see...

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Strix Wireless Mesh Network Deployed in Mumbai

Strix Systems' wireless mesh networking gear is being deployed in Mumbai, India by LifeStyle Networks Pvt. Ltd. Nearly 1,000 radios are already in operation and more than 2,000 additional radios will be operational before mid-2007. Financial terms were not disclosed.Mumbai (formerly Bombay) is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, with over 18 million people.Strix Systems' modular mesh products support up to six radios and 768...

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Sprint Expands EVDO-Rev A Rollout

Sprint rolled out EV-DO Revision A coverage in South Florida, Portland, Ore. and Puerto Rico. The Sprint service is available in 21 other major markets across the U.S. EV-DO Revision A offers faster average upload speeds of 350-500 Kbps (compared with 50-70 Kbps of current EV-DO networks) and average download speeds of 600 Kbps-1.4 Mbps (from 400-700 Kbps). http://www.sprint....

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EC Prevails in Court 2003 Case against Wanadoo

The European Commission prevailed in a legal case in which France Télécom SA, formerly Wanadoo Interactive SA, had appealed the Commission's 2003 decision concerning predatory pricing. In July 2003, the Commission fined Wanadoo EUR 10.35 million for charging predatory (below cost) prices for its Pack eXtense and Wanadoo ADSL services as part of a plan aimed at excluding competitors from the market for high speed internet access. The Court of First Instance ruled that the European Commission was right to reach its conclusion in the matter. The...

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Motorola Invests in DARTdevices

Motorola Ventures has made a Series A investment in DARTdevices Corporation, a start-up that is developing software that lets multiple consumer devices directly access the combined content and applications of any DART-enabled device such as mobile phones and PCs. The software allows wired and wireless distribution of applications, games and information such as music, photos, video, calendars and data, across mobile phones, PCs, Internet servers, PDAs, set-tops, MP3 players and DVRs. Financial terms were not disclosed.DATdevices is based in Mountain...

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Devicescape Debuts Consumer WiFi-to-Device Service

Devicescape Software introduced a consumer service that allows any Wi-Fi enabled device, like media players, VoIP phones or game systems, to automatically connect to Wi-Fi hotspots and municipal networks. The service is aimed at simplifying the process of accessing multiple WiFi services when using a WiFi enabled device. It works like this:Consumers log-on to the Devicescape and download a free client application for their deviceThe consumer then...

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Seagate's DAVE platform Offers 10-20GB of Mobile Storage

Seagate Technology unveiled its Digital Audio Video Experience (D.A.V.E) technology -- previously code-named "Crickett" -- offering 10-20 GB of wireless storage in an accessory smaller than many common slim-line mobile phones. The DAVE mobile platform is about the size of a centimeter-thick credit card and connects to the owner's mobile phone using Bluetooth or WiFi.Seagate said the 10GB version will hold about 2,500 songs or 21 hours of video. ...

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blinkx Develops Video Blogging Tool

blinkx, a leading video search engine, is introducing a free tool that that enables bloggers to insert relevant video streams into their blogs. The San Francisco-based start-up said this will enable users to become broadcasters by harnessing the variety of content in its video index. http://www.blinkx....

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Goodrich Chooses AT&T for MPLS

Goodrich Corporation, a global aerospace and defense supplier, has selected AT&T to provide next-generation network services under a multiyear contract valued at more than $4 million. The contract includes MPLS connectivity, engineering services and advanced monitoringhttp://www.att....

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Carl Icahn Seeks Appointment to Motorola's Board

Motorola said it received a nomination to appoint Carl C. Icahn to its Board of Directors. The nomination came Carl Icahn entities that "may be deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, 33,529,000 shares, representing approximately 1.39% of the Corporation's outstanding shares."http://www.motorola....

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NTT DoCoMo Offers Flat-Rate Data Plans

NTT DoCoMo will begin offering flat-rate data communications billing plans beginning March 1. The "Pake-hodai full" plan will enable FOMA i-mode subscribers with full-browser handsets to view not only i-mode but also websites and videos in Windows Media format with a flat monthly rate of 5,985 yen. The "Biz-hodai" will offer flat-rate packet communications for non-i-mode FOMA handsets at a monthly rate of 5,985 yen.In addition, DoCoMo plans to introduce a FOMA 64kbps data-card flat-rate packet billing plan this autumn to replace @FreeD, a flat-rate...

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Tektronix Enhances its IP Video Monitoring Capabilities

Tektronix announced new monitoring capabilities for its MPEG Transport test platform, including expanded monitoring coverage of simultaneous IP streams, with the ability to drill down through the IP layer and analyze the MPEG layer in depth. Specifically, the Tektronix MTM400 MPEG Transport Stream Monitor now provides simultaneous monitoring of critical Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for up to 500 MPEG Transport Streams carried within a Gigabit Ethernet link to aid rapid fault resolution.The simultaneous monitoring of up to 500 IP sessions...

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Zeugma Hires Former Director of Alcatel Triple Play Marketing

Zeugma Systems, a start-up based in Vancouver, announced the appointment of Mr. Mehdi Sif as Vice President, Marketing. Mehdi joins the Zeugma Systems team from Alcatel-Lucent where he was Director, Triple Play Solutions Marketing. He previously held multiple senior product line and marketing management positions at Juniper Networks for core routing platforms, Nortel Networks for VPN and Security solutions and Bay Networks for enterprise routing....

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USCarrier Selects Ciena

USCarrier Telecom will deploy Ciena's CN 4200 FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform for in its Southeastern metropolitan and regional networks to upgrade its existing SONET network. USCarrier is headquartered in Atlanta and serves more than 40 cities in Georgia, Alabama and Florida. Financial terms were not disclosed.http://www.ciena....

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Ikanos and Jungo Announce VDSL2 Residential Gateway Design

Ikanos Communications and Jungo Ltd. introduced a joint VDSL2 Residential Gateway (RG) reference design for triple play services. The new VDSL2 residential gateway platform, which is backward compatible with ADSL2/2+ and VDSL1, combines Jungo's OpenRG gateway software with Ikanos' Fusiv processor. The platform delivers 100 Mbps symmetrical throughput utilizing the underlying Fusiv architecture.The joint reference platform is designed to support...

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TANDBERG Delivers Adaptive Telepresence Solution

TANDBERG introduced an across-the-table telepresence solution that creates a highly collaborative, in-person meeting experience. The TANDBERG Experia, which will be released in Q2, is being positioned as a "natural communication experience." Key features include high-definition (HD) video, one-touch connectivity, low bandwidth requirements and optimization for six participants per site. Experia can also be managed through TANDBERG Management Suite...

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Orange "Unik for Professionals" Combines Fixed/Mobile Telephony

Orange introduced a "Unik for Professionals" fixed and mobile telephony service for business customers. "Unik for Professionals" uses a GSM/WiFi mobile phone that connects via WiFi to a Livebox Pro gateway when inside the office. With the Livebox Pro, Orange is offering unlimited 24/7 calling to all national and international landlines (Europe, USA and Canada).Orange said that calls started through the Livebox Pro can continue outside on the GSM...

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NDS Announces Peer-to-Peer Content Sharing and Distributed-DVR Capabilities

NDS, which supplies end-to-end content protection systems for network operators, announced two new product enhancements of Synamedia Metro, the NDS IPTV middleware solution. The new capabilities are an in-home Distributed-DVR function and a "ShareTV" P2P aimed at lowering storage and bandwidth overhead of archive-TV for IPTV operators.Distributed DVR: Traditionally, DVRs require a set-top box (STB) with a disk contained in it. Distributed DVR capability...

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World Wide Packets Adds Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) Support

World Wide Packets is now supporting Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) through its LightningEdge 311v platform (LE-311v). PBT is a means of Ethernet tunneling with MPLS interoperability.World Wide Packets LE-311v, a Layer 2 VPN platform, also supports transparent LAN Services delivered over Ethernet or over MPLS. With the addition of PBT, the LE-311v will simplify the network and enable service providers to drive down the overall costs of deployment...

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Juniper Routers Achieve Ethernet First Mile OAM Certification

Iometrix, an independent testing lab, has certified that Juniper's M- and T-series routers are the industry's first routing platforms to successfully pass Iometrix compliance testing for Ethernet in the First Mile Operations Administration and Maintenance (OAM), as specified by IEEE draft 802.3ah. IEEE draft 802.3ah specifies reliability and high availability requirements for Ethernet-based services, enabling service providers to deliver advanced, cost-effective Ethernet-based services with the high levels of quality and reliability required for...

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Nokia Siemens Networks to Outline Product Plan in Feb

Nokia and Siemens plan to start sharing the proposed product portfolio plan for the future Nokia Siemens Networks with employees and customers starting in early February. Planning is still underway to assess the personnel, site and country-level impact of the proposed product portfolio plan as well as expected transition times and requirements for ongoing support for existing products. "As we continue to make strong progress in integration planning for Nokia Siemens Networks, it is critical that we are able to maintain the strong support that we...

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Motorola and TI Expands Relationship to High-Volume 3G, WiMAX and OMAP

Motorola and Texas Instruments are expanding their strategic relationship to include 3G, WiMAX and OMAP technologies in the design and development of new, experience-optimized mobile devices. The expanded relationship covers current, emerging and next-generation wireless standards and leverages intellectual property from both Motorola and TI.As part of the expansion, Motorola is developing 3G handsets based on a TI customized 3G solution that will include high-performance, power-efficient processors from TI's OMAP 3 architecture, as well as advanced,...

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Extreme Networks Adds DHCP-Based Edge Security (NAC)

Extreme Networks has updated its modular operating system, ExtremeXOSversion 11.6, featuring new enhancements for securing networks using Network Access Control (NAC) technologies. The switch-based enforcement allows network administrators to securely deploy NAC using DHCP or 802.1x.Extreme Networks noted that many enterprises deploying NAC to protect the network perimeter have used DHCP servers, which left vulnerabilities. Users that were denied access could simply configure a static IP address to gain entry into the network and get out of quarantine....

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Broadcom Offers New Chips for Bluetooth Wireless Headsets

Broadcom introduced a new silicon and software platform that significantly improves the user experience of wireless mono and stereo headsets. Based on the company's existing Bluetooth technology, the audio portfolio features two new single-chip solutions that support Bluetooth Version 2.0 with EDR (upgradeable to Bluetooth Version 2.1) and Broadcom's "SmartAudio" sound enhancement technology. Sampling is underway.The Bluetooth headset market now exceeds the 80 million unit threshold. http://www.broadcom....

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Brocade Completes McDATA Acquisition

Brocade completed its acquisition of McDATA Corporation, a transaction valued at approximately $973 million. Brocade also embarked on a new branding campaign, including an updated logo and website. Brocade is launching an integrated product and service offering across the range of its Storage Area Network (SAN) and File Area Network (FAN) solutions, including professional services. http://www.brocade....

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Solarflare Introduces Low-power 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Solarflare Communications introduced a low-power 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller that operates at just 2.2 watts. The company said its device offers the lowest latency of all 10 Gigabit Ethernet controllers in the market, and it supports virtualization of its host interface, providing the most efficient way to accelerate I/O in virtualized operating system deployments. In addition, the company introduced the industry's first standards- compliant 10GBASE-T server adapter reference design, along with 10GBASE-CX4 and XFP optical server adapter reference...

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Global IP Sound Becomes Global IP Solutions, Acquires Video Codec

Global IP Sound, a supplier of voice quality enhancement software for VoIP, has re-named itself to Global IP Solutions (GIPS) to reflect the expansion and broadening of its market position, including new multi-media technology to be integrated with all of GIPS offerings and real-time applications for the Enterprise market.GIPS acquired Espre Solutions patented video codec technology, which it plans to incorporate into all GIPS' client and server Engines, enabling service providers, application developers, and hardware manufacturers to develop IP...

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Mobile Satellite Ventures Appoints Nextel Exec as Chief Network Officer

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV), which is developing a hybrid satellite-terrestrial communications network for coverage across the U.S. and Canada, has hired Drew Caplan as Chief Network Officer. Mr. Caplan will be responsible for MSV's network engineering and technology functions, as well as leading the development and deployment of MSV's next generation network.Prior to joining MSV, Mr. Caplan served as Vice President of National Network Services at Nextel Communications from November 1996 to August 2005. Prior to joining Nextel, Caplan served...

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Verizon Reaches 7.0 million Broadband, 207,000 FiOS TV Customers

Verizon ended 2006 with 7.0 million broadband connections, up 35.7% year-over-year, with more than 1.8 million net adds (FiOS and DSL) for the year and 409,000 net new adds for Q4. The company served 207,000 FiOS TV customers by year-end, with the service available for sale to 2.4 million premises, nearly doubling the addressable market in one quarter. FiOS Internet customers accounted for 165,000 of the net broadband connection additions in the fourth quarter and totaled 687,000 at year-end.Verizon Communications posted Q4 operating revenues...

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Atheros Introduces Bluetooth 2.1 Chip for PCs

Atheros Communications, a leading supplier of 802.11a/g, 802.11g, and 802.11n WLAN chipsets, introduced its first Bluetooth chip for laptops and desktops, enabling WLAN co-existence and simultaneous usage of multiple Bluetooth-based devices like mice, keyboards, voice and stereo headsets and mobile phones. The company said it foresees rapid adoption of Bluetooth alongside WiFi as the cost to implement the technology declines and the number of peripherals...

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Yipes and NASDAQ to Offer Market Data Access and Trading via Ethernet Extranet

Yipes Enterprise Services and the NASDAQ Stock Market will offer market data access and trading capabilities through the Yipes FinancialConnect! platform. Yipes FinancialConnect! is an Ethernet-based extranet for electronic trading capable of directly delivering financial market and exchange data to banks, brokers, hedge funds, and institutional investors. Yipes is evolving from being a bandwidth provider to a trusted source of content for the financial...

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Tropic Measures Chromatic Dispersion in Metro Optical Networks

Tropic Networks, which specializes in metro regional ROADM systems, announced a new means to measure chromatic dispersion in fiber networks. The new Wavelength Tracker technology enables Tropic to characterize the loss characteristics of each wavelength across an entire network, providing carriers with a chromatic dispersion map of their networks and enabling them to adapt as needed. Chromatic dispersion limits the optical network reach and data...

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Fujitsu Shows 10Gbps Ethernet Switch Chip

Fujitsu Microelectronics America (FMA) is showcasing its 65-nanometer process technology and 10Gbps Ethernet switch at this week's DesignCon in Santa Clara, California. Fujitsu's 65nm process technology integrates 11 interconnect layers and uses advanced copper and porous low-k dielectric materials to increase device signal speeds and reduce power consumption. Fujitsu's single-chip, 20-port, 10 Gbps Ethernet switch chip supports a direct, 10Gbps serial interface to XFP optical modules, providing a solution for network server, blade server and...

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Bivio Networks Unveils 10 Gbps Deep Packet Inspection Appliance

Bivio Networks, a start-up based in Pleasanton, California, is expanding its family of Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) appliances with the introduction of the Bivio 7000 Series and Bivio 6500 Series platforms. The new Bivio 7000 Series and Bivio 6500 Series network appliance platforms deliver 10 Gbps deep packet inspection capabilities starting at price points below $10,000. Bivio's new platforms enable both standard-Linux and custom application development and integration within the widely adopted BivOS networking and management execution environment.The...

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Broadcom Wins Second Patent Case Against Qualcomm

A federal jury in San Diego ruled that Broadcom did not infringe two patents for digital video compression owned by QUALCOMM."This is a victory not just for Broadcom but for the entire digital video community, against an attempt by Qualcomm once again to tax an important new technology -- in this instance based upon the claims of a single patent. The trial not only showed that Qualcomm was wrong about Broadcom's alleged infringement, but also cast a bright light on Qualcomm's penchant for abusing the rules and procedures of industry standards-making...

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Global Telecom Market Grew 11% in 2006 to $3 Trillion

The U.S. market grew 9.3 percent in 2006 to total $923 billion in revenue, and the worldwide telecommunications market grew 11.2% to total $3 trillion, according to the Telecommunications Industry Association's (TIA's) 2007 Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast.In 2006, cable modems and DSL continued to dominate the U.S. market, capturing 96 percent of the broadband market, which in 2005 overtook dial-up access service. More than 12 million...

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Motorola's Ed Zander to Join Time Warner's Board

Time Warner has elected Edward Zander, Motorola's Chairman and CEO, to join its Board of Directors. Time Warner also elected Jeffrey L. Bewkes, its President and COO, to join the Board.http://www.timewarner....

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Analog Devices and Legend Silicon Open Design Lab in Shanghai

Analog Devices and Legend Silicon Corp., a leading supplier of silicon solutions for broadband wireless broadcasting, have opened a joint design laboratory to develop reference designs for China's emerging mobile TV market. The collaboration combines Legend's demodulator technology with ADI's low-power RF tuners. The design lab, which is located in Shanghai, adjacent to the Fudan University campus, will provide complete front-end solutions, from the antenna through the tuner to the demodulator to the MPEG2 TS interface.Target applications include...

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IBM and Partners Announces Transistor Design Advancement

IBM, working in partnership with AMD, Sony and Toshiba, announced its own advancement in "high-k metal gate" transistor technology. The material provides superior electrical properties compared to its existing designs, enhancing the transistor's function while also allowing the size of the transistor to be shrunk beyond limits being reached today."Until now, the chip industry was facing a major roadblock in terms of how far we could push current technology," said Dr. T.C. Chen, vice president of Science and Technology, IBM Research. "After more...

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Intel Announces High-k Breakthrough in Transistor Design

Intel announced a breakthrough that significantly reduces transistor leakage and increases performance in its 45nm process technology.Described as one of the biggest advancements in fundamental transistor design in forty years, Intel said the use of new materials with "high-k" properties will enable hundreds of millions of transistors to be included in its next generation Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core 2 Quad and Xeon families of multi-core processors. The company also said it has five early-version products up and running -- the first of fifteen...

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MRV to Acquire Fiberxon and Take Luminent Public

MRV Communications announced plans to acquire Fiberxon, a supplier of transceivers for Metro, Access, and PON applications, for approximately $131 million in a combination of cash and stock. Following the closing of the transaction, MRV intends on combining Fiberxon with Luminent, its wholly-owned subsidiary, which also supplies metro transceivers and transceivers for fiber-to-the- premise (FTTP) deployments. MRV then plans an initial public offering (IPO) of shares in Luminent.The proposed public offering by Luminent will not occur until after...

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Ellacoya Rolls Out Carrier-class 20 Gbps Deep Packet Inspection

Ellacoya Networks unveiled its fourth-generation platform for wireline and wireless service providers -- a line-rate, deep packet inspection (DPI) system that operates at up to 20 Gbps speeds and is capable of supporting up to 500,000 active subscribers. Previous platforms from Ellacoya scaled to 4 Gbps and up to 64,000 subscribers. The new FPGA-based Ellacoya e100 platform enables the network operator to identify and manage each packet of network...

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Nokia Expects Mobile Handset Shipments to Top 1 Billion in 2007

Nokia expects industry mobile device volumes in 2007 to grow by up to 10%, topping the 1 billion mark for the year. During Q4 2006, Nokia shipped a record 106 million mobile device, up 19% sequentially and 26% year on year. Overall industry volumes for the fourth quarter 2006 reached an estimated 290 million units, up 19% sequentially and year on year.In converged devices, according to Nokia estimates, the total industry volume reached approximately 24.6 million units for the fourth quarter 2006, compared to an estimated 17.8 million units in...

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AT&T Reports Strong Earnings, Merger Synergies, U-Verse Rollout Affirmed

Driven by record subscriber gains at Cingular and greater than expected cost synergies from its mergers, AT&T posted strong Q4 net income was $1.9 billion, up 17.1 percent versus $1.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2005, and reported earnings per diluted share were $0.50, up 8.7 percent from $0.46 in the year-earlier quarter."Our execution continues to be solid, we closed the year strong, and AT&T has excellent momentum heading into 2007,"...

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